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Cowley’s torpedo ray (Tetronarce cowleyi)
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Ecological Illustration of Cowley’s torpedo ray (Tetronarce cowleyi)
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Torpedinidae

Cowley’s torpedo ray

Tetronarce cowleyi

Fish Reaching Sixty Eight Centimeters in the South African Coast

  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

Tetronarce cowleyi (common name: South African torpedo or Cowley's torpedo ray) is a species of electric ray found around southern Africa, from Walvis Bay, Namibia to Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is listed as "least concern" on the IUCN Red List.

Water type
Marine
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